Operations Finance Manager

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As an Operations Finance Manager you will serve as a seasoned finance professional and strategic business partner across U.S. Operations. You will use advanced analytics financial expertise and business insight to identify performance drivers shape decisions and improve profitability and operational effectiveness. You will lead end-to-end finance processes and cross-functional initiatives influence senior leaders and business partners champion technology and continuous improvement and safeguard the integrity of financial reporting.

This is a regional position with the ability to work hybrid approximately three days per week from home with the remainder at a plant site. The right fit must be flexible regarding their weekly schedule and willing to travel to any Missouri facility as needed. Candidates must live within 100 miles of all Southwest Missouri locations including Carthage Monett and Mount Vernon to accommodate same-day trips. Overnight travel is estimated at 10% to 15% annually primarily to the Clinton Missouri site.

What youll do:

• Strategic business partnership and influence: Build trusted relationships with plant operations category and corporate leadership. Advise senior leaders on financial and operational matters challenge assumptions and align stakeholders on priorities resource decisions and actions that improve business results.
• Analytics insights and technology leadership: Lead the design and advancement of analytics dashboards reporting and decision-support tools that benchmark performance and reveal underlying business drivers. Champion scalable technology automation and responsible AI adoption that improves finance capability and decision quality.
• Enterprise financial analysis and scenario planning: Own complex financial analyses forecasting and scenario modeling that support corporate category and operations objectives. Translate findings into clear recommendations and measurable actions within the broader business strategy.
• Profitability and performance improvement: Identify and lead opportunities to reduce costs improve EBITDA margin strengthen working capital and increase operational effectiveness. Partner across multiple departments and sites to move opportunities from diagnosis through implementation and benefit realization.
• U.S. Operations management reporting: Lead key elements of U.S. Operations management reporting including executive-ready financial storytelling performance-driver analysis and progress reporting for corporate savings initiatives. Establish consistent approaches that improve transparency and accountability.
• U.S. obsolete inventory process ownership: Manage the U.S. obsolete inventory FP&A process end to end including reporting reserve oversight governance and cross-functional actions to improve inventory health and working capital.
• Accounting and costing standards: Evaluate accounting and costing practices across U.S. business units resolve moderately complex issues and lead moderate to significant improvements in processes controls and standards. Recommend and help implement enterprise-consistent practices where standards are absent or variation exists.
• Site FP&A leadership and continuity: Independently lead critical site FP&A processes including product costing and financial close support. Provide experienced finance leadership across Missouri locations when emerging issues vacancies or absences create a business need.
• Controls compliance and risk management: Safeguard company assets and reporting integrity by assessing financial risk strengthening internal controls and ensuring adherence to GAAP and applicable requirements.
• Project and talent leadership: Lead end-to-end regional and cross-functional finance projects. Organize project work review deliverables coach other finance professionals and share expertise that strengthens team capability without requiring direct people-management responsibility.

What you need to succeed:

• Candidates must live within 100 miles of all Southwest Missouri locations including Carthage Monett and Mount Vernon to accommodate same-day trips and must be willing to meet the positions travel requirements.
• A bachelors degree in accounting finance or a related business discipline is preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
• Typically seven or more years of relevant FP&A operations finance accounting or related experience. Manufacturing cost accounting experience is strongly preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of operations finance or a related specialty with working knowledge of accounting costing FP&A internal controls and manufacturing or industry practices.
• Demonstrated success independently owning a wide range of moderately complex projects or end-to-end processes that materially affect departmental functional or multi-site results.
• Proven ability to diagnose moderately complex cross-functional problems; integrate financial and operational information; and implement moderate to significant improvements in processes systems reporting or controls.
• Strong business judgment and influence including the ability to advise senior leadership challenge assumptions constructively and align with partners across departments on new concepts practices and approaches.
• Exceptional communication and financial storytelling skills with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear recommendations decisions and measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead end-to-end projects by organizing work reviewing deliverables coaching project contributors and managing competing priorities with limited supervision.
• Advanced analytical and technology capabilities with intellectual curiosity and a continuous-learning mindset. Willingness and ability to responsibly adopt modern analytics automation and AI tools to improve financial effectiveness.

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Eligible partners will receive:

• Get not one but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company youll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP Schreiber will contribute an extra amount about 8% of your earnings toward your retirement every year. Thats a company contribution of around 16% in retirement savings annually. Thats hard to beat!
• Earn bonus pay. Youll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.
• Ready to make a move Receive a $10000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for a U.S. Salaried position.
• Childcare costs . Get up to $5000 annually to help you with the cost of childcare. Monthly contributions toward childcare expenses including independent babysitters.
• Earn extra money for taking care of yourself. Eligible partners can earn a Wellness Incentive and receive an employerfunded Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) to use on fitness mental health and other lifestyle expenses.
• Pursue development thats relevant to your role career goals and the company. Plus we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.
• Get access to medical prescription drug dental and vision benefits starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
• Experience caring like youve never experienced it before. We have a program thats completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. Its called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.
• Benefits that support your whole life. Visit Schreiber Care for you to see everything Schreiber offers to support your health wellbeing and financial future.

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For positions that require any amount of travel: Valid drivers license auto insurance (at least state minimum- more might be required) acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods discretion and vehicle that will ensure applicant can meet the travel necessities of the position are required.

Schreiber requires that an employee have authorization to work in the country in which the role is the event an applicant does not have current work authorization Schreiber will determine in its sole discretion whether to sponsor an individual for work authorization. However based on immigration requirements not all roles are suitable for sponsorship.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age pregnancy genetic information disability status as a protected veteran or any other protected category under applicable federal state and local laws.

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